Summary

  • SA 162-7, England win by 19 runs

  • Jordan takes three wickets; Crane removes De Villiers

  • England finish on 181-8, collapsing from 166-3

  • Malan hits highest score by England T20I debutant - 78 (44)

  • Previous best 46 by Collingwood in 2005

  • Hales 36, Buttler 31, Paterson 4-32

  • SA won toss in series decider - currently 1-1

  1. Postpublished at 16:06 British Summer Time 25 June 2017

    Charles Dagnall
    BBC Test Match Special

    Liam Plunkett did the right thing. He had one ball to face - he tried to hit it as far as he could. I don't mind that.

  2. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 19 overs

    Plunkett c Miller b Phehlukwayo 0 (Eng 178-6)

    England are crumbling.

    Liam Plunkett goes for the big shot over the leg side but only finds the safe hands of Miller.

  3. 6 runs

    Eng 178-5published at 18.4 overs

    What a shot!

    Full and wide from Phehlukwayo but Buttler uses his wrists to flick the ball into the stands.

    Brilliant strength.

  4. Eng 170-5published at 18.3 overs

    Right then, England are very much relying on Jos Buttler.

    Liam Plunkett does well to run three twos of first three balls of Phehlukwayo's final over.

    Keep the stand-in captain on strike.

  5. Eng 166-5published at 18 overs

    The hat-trick ball is a yorker, hammered in at Liam Plunkett's toes, but Plunkett does well to get his bat underneath it and shovel the ball away. He's broken the toe of his bat in the process, too.

  6. Postpublished at 16:00 British Summer Time 25 June 2017

    Ebony Rainford-Brent
    Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

    I question the shot choice. I understand you need to be proactive but give yourself a chance by playing straight.

  7. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 17.5 overs

    Livingstone b Paterson 0 (Eng 166-5)

    Oh dear, Liam Livingstone.

    On his first ball the Lancashire batsman tries to scoop Paterson over fine leg on one knee but is clean bowled.

    Yes runs are needed and he probably backs himself to hit that shot but I'm not sure about that.

  8. Postpublished at 15:59 British Summer Time 25 June 2017

    Ebony Rainford-Brent
    Ex-England batter on BBC Test Match Special

    Dane Paterson has got good pace and bowls a very useful yorker. It's not easy to get any elevation on the ball for the batsman. The 200 is still on, but England are likely to reach the 190 mark instead.

  9. wicket

    WICKETpublished at 17.4 overs

    Billings c De Villiers b Paterson 12 (Eng 166-4)

    Billings gone!

    That was up and down from Sam Billings and eventually ends when he chips Paterson off the toe-end straight to AB be Villiers in the covers.

  10. Eng 166-3published at 17.3 overs

    Billings 12 Buttler 18

    Billings is struggling. He gets down on one knee and tries to sweep seamer Paterson for four but misses again.

    Be quiet, Matthew. Struggling? Same shot. This time six. Billings finally gets what he was looking for.

  11. Postpublished at 15:55 British Summer Time 25 June 2017

    Here's Somerset coach Matthew Maynard on the exclusion of Craig Overton, who had been told he would play at some point in the series only to be left on the sidelines.

  12. Eng 160-3published at 17 overs

    Billings 6 Buttler 18

    Buttler goes again! He knew the short one was coming and heaves Phehlukwayo for four more.

    That shot wouldn't have been on the contents page of Geoffrey's Guide to Batting but they all count, ey?

    Phehlukwayo does a good job on the last ball with a slow - and I mean slow - bouncer and Buttler can't do anything with that.

  13. Eng 156-3published at 16.4 overs

    We hear a lot about the talent of Sam Billings but he has never quite delivered for England.

    He only connects with fresh air on the first two balls of Phehlukwayo's third over before scuffing a single down the ground.

    Whack! That's what England needed. Classic Jos Buttler. Fast hands and be pummels a full delivery over mid-off for six.

  14. From the press boxpublished at 15:51 British Summer Time 25 June 2017

  15. Eng 149-3published at 16 overs

    Billings 5 Buttler 8

    Yep. Hawkeye shows that should have been given.

    How important could that be? Both Billings and Buttler could be destructive in these final overs after the platform set by Dawid Malan before his dismissal...

  16. Postpublished at 15:49 British Summer Time 25 June 2017

    Charles Dagnall
    BBC Test Match Special

    When Tahir doesn't get a decision from the umpire, his expression is one of a man who has had £20 stolen from him.

    TahirImage source, Reuters
  17. Eng 143-3published at 15.1 overs

    I reckon this was out.

    Buttler comes down the pitch to Tahir and is struck on the pad by a leggie that doesn't turn. As ever the South African's appeal is loud - bordering on pleading - in the umpire's direction but not out is the response.

    In the end the ball runs away for four leg byes.

  18. Eng 138-3published at 15 overs

    Billings 4 Buttler 2

    Buttler and Billings see off Chris Morris' fourth and final over with some more conventional pushes into the off side.

    Morris finishes with 4-0-24-0. Tidy but no wickets.

    ButtlerImage source, Reuters
  19. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 15:45 British Summer Time 25 June 2017

    Email us: tms@bbc.co.uk

    I've just got home from a church picnic and, as a Somerset member, I can't believe that Craig Overton has not been given a debut in this series, as the ECB said all the new players would get to play at least one match.

    Christopher Bowyer

  20. Postpublished at 15:45 British Summer Time 25 June 2017

    Dawid Malan has been the star of this innings. He smashed boundaries all over the shop while Alex Hales never really looked comfortable.

    In the end Hales was caught in the deep by an excellent effort from David Miller...